diff --git a/Shaders/raytrace/raytrace_brute.cso b/Shaders/raytrace/raytrace_brute.cso
index 6f146e02..5b25878a 100644
Binary files a/Shaders/raytrace/raytrace_brute.cso and b/Shaders/raytrace/raytrace_brute.cso differ
diff --git a/Shaders/raytrace/src/raytrace_brute.hlsl b/Shaders/raytrace/src/raytrace_brute.hlsl
index 2b3df47c..4fd0a534 100644
--- a/Shaders/raytrace/src/raytrace_brute.hlsl
+++ b/Shaders/raytrace/src/raytrace_brute.hlsl
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ void closesthit(inout RayPayload payload, in BuiltInTriangleIntersectionAttribut
 
 	uint2 size;
 	mytexture0.GetDimensions(size.x, size.y);
-	float3 texpaint0 = pow(mytexture0.Load(uint3(tex_coord * size, 0)).rgb, 2.2);
+	float3 texpaint0 = mytexture0.Load(uint3(tex_coord * size, 0)).rgb;
 	float3 texpaint1 = mytexture1.Load(uint3(tex_coord * size, 0)).rgb;
 	float3 texpaint2 = mytexture2.Load(uint3(tex_coord * size, 0)).rgb;
 	float3 color = payload.color.rgb * texpaint0.rgb;
diff --git a/Shaders/raytrace/src/std/math.hlsl b/Shaders/raytrace/src/std/math.hlsl
index f5ed48d1..437062ff 100644
--- a/Shaders/raytrace/src/std/math.hlsl
+++ b/Shaders/raytrace/src/std/math.hlsl
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@ void create_basis(float3 normal, out float3 tangent, out float3 binormal) {
 	// 	normalize(float3(0.0, normal.z, -normal.y)) :
 	// 	normalize(float3(-normal.z, 0.0, normal.x));
 	// binormal = cross(normal, tangent);
-	float3 c1 = cross(normal, float3(0.0, 0.0, 1.0));
-	float3 c2 = cross(normal, float3(0.0, 1.0, 0.0));
-	tangent = length(c1) > length(c2) ? c1 : c2;
+	float3 v1 = cross(normal, float3(0.0, 0.0, 1.0));
+	float3 v2 = cross(normal, float3(0.0, 1.0, 0.0));
+	tangent = length(v1) > length(v2) ? v1 : v2;
 	binormal = cross(tangent, normal);
 }